Preliminary research in two provinces has found that a lack of implementation of the domestic violence law means that women continue to suffer abuse and more needs to be done to ensure that attitudes change and perpetrators are held accountable. Katherine Brickell, senior lecturer in Human ss='cambodia-color'>...

In case the 29 officers Prime Minister Hun sen promoted on January 30 to four-star general were not enough, six Interior Ministry police chiefs were also promoted to the same top rank late last month. A January 22 royal decree, obtained Wednesday, elevated the six lieutenant ss='cambodia-color'>...

The 19 families in Pailin province who were told by police and military police on saturday to vacate their land filed a complaint with Adhoc on Monday, the provincial coordinator for the NGO said. Authorities told the families to move on saturday from the 95-hectares they ss='cambodia-color'>...

A villager involved in a dispute over 684 hectares of land with Pailin provincial governor Y Chhien claimed Thursday that in 1999 Mr. Chhien and a senior military officer distributed axes and farm tools to the families now on the land. Pailin Provincial Court on Wednesday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Copies of grade 12 examination papers will only be provided to a single teacher for each subject this year in order to identify the source of leaks, said Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron during a speech on saturday. Mr. Naron, speaking at the American University of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Indigenous villagers in Mondolkiri province say relevant authorities that are supposed to crack down on forestry crimes instead collude with logging companies and powerful businessmen, allowing them cut down trees. That has put their forest tribal traditions and livelihoods, which are dependent on forests, in ss='cambodia-color'>...

CPP National Assembly President Heng samrin has ordered Cambodia’s newest ambassadors to Asia and Europe to go on a public relations offensive against mounting news abroad that the country’s respect for democracy and human rights is slipping. Cambodian security forces have shot dead seven people ss='cambodia-color'>...

A call for the Cambodian government to lift its controversial ban on public assembly is among 34 such recommendations it has chosen to defer in the wake of last week’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its human rights situation. The UN on saturday released a ss='cambodia-color'>...

A number of provincial and district councilors aligned with the opposition have not been paid in the past two months following a Ministry of Interior directive in March calling for their salaries to be halted and positions revoked, according to the secretary-general of the sam ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has issued a total of 3.4 million land titles across the country, 500,000 of them since a renewed push personally orchestrated by Prime Minister Hun sen, according to new figures released by the Land Management Ministry. In a notice posted to its website Friday, ss='cambodia-color'>...

The continuing suspension of traffic-law enforcement by traffic police since the run-up to July’s national election has had a detrimental effect on road safety practices, a senior Ministry of Interior official admitted Tuesday. Road safety groups have already expressed concern that the decision to halt enforcement ss='cambodia-color'>...

A familiar figure has popped up atop a building that authorities in Phnom Penh ordered demolished in October for violating height restrictions around the Royal Palace: a statue of late King Father Norodom sihanouk. “I have built a King statue on the top of my building ss='cambodia-color'>...

Despite internal and external challenges, the Cambodian economy reached even greater heights last year, with the government reporting economic growth of 7.1 per cent – the highest in the Asean region. However, China-Us trade tensions and protectionist policies remain obstacles, with the government forecasting 6.5 ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 25 February 2020, more than 100 groups and communities released a joint statement saying that they were outraged and appalled at the restrictions placed on hundreds of community members, monks and environmental activists who were prevented by authorities from entering parts of Prey Lang ss='cambodia-color'>...

South-EaSt ASia&rSquo;S largeSt waterbird colony, the 21,342 hectareS Prek Toal (RamSar Site no. 2245 http://rSiS.ramSar.org/riS/2245) haS been deSignated aS a Wetland of International Importance (alSo known aS a &lSquo;RamSar Site&rSquo;), by the Royal Government of Cambodia and recognized by the Secretariat of the RamSar Convention SS='cambodia-color'>...

An unruly protest in svay Rieng province’s Bavet town entered its second day yesterday as thousands of garment workers from a number of special economic zones continued to throw stones and break windows as they demonstrated for a greater increase to the national garment industry ss='cambodia-color'>...

Data Research and GIs OfficerOudom is a Data Research and GIs Officer. His primary responsibilities include reviewing public domain documents for data collection and archiving. He is also responsible for updating and creating maps and information graphics based on publicly available data.Oudom holds an engineer’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a meeting in Seoul yeSterday, Cambodian officialS have reportedly decided to cooperate with South Korean proSecutorS in the inveStigation of BuSan SavingS Bank Group, where ShareholderS are SuSpected of illegally financing $365 million worth of inveStmentS in Cambodia, according to Yonhap NewS. BuSan&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...

Sonatra SecuritieS a deSignated broker haS launched itS operationS in Cambodia ahead of the launch of the Cambodian SecuritieS Exchange (CSX). AS one of the four companieS licenSed by the SecuritieS and Exchange CommiSSion of Cambodia, Sonatra will be able to buy and Sell ShareS SS='cambodia-color'>...